Does anyone have Information on United Road Car Haulers?

I just talked to a recruiter today. He said it's 25% of gross, plus bonuses available. Didn't say anything about CPM. The rate is the same from day one, the only thing holding you back is your own productivity. As you learn the ropes, you get faster and turn more miles. Obviously you load/unload your own trailers and that's where the time efficiency comes in.

I mentioned that I first looked into PMTG but then thought better of it when I read a message thread here and he said, "yeah, we get a lot of their drivers coming here."

Potential sounds good. I'm thinking about it.

 

Your CPM will vary, depending on the load and the rate. Loads pay cents per mile per unit, so the more you can put on the more the load will pay per mile. But, the more stops on a load the less it pays per mile. URS has some freight that pays exceptionally well, and some that isn't worth the time it takes to put it on the truck. If you live in Carlisle, I'm guessing you're looking at working for the Northeast region. They have a fair mix of both.

 

If you are looking to haul from them I would be wary. I work for a long standing auto transport company with a
100% Central Dispatch Rating and an A+ BBB rating.

After over 15 years of working with them, they are now fabricating damage claims in order to not pay the drivers.
They waited a week after the delivery to even claim damage and 30 days later they still have not produced even one picture or statement to prove any damage.

Once we filed with their bonding company we got a call from the Senior VP of risk management who attempted to claim HE had already had the bond claim denied and that we would have to deal with him. I called the bond company and they informed me that he has NOTHING to do with them and has NO right to comment on the status of the claim with them.

Not sure what is going on with URS but even after all those good years, we will never haul another vehicle for them unless it paid CASH.

 

thanks for the reply guys. after hearing ms. rottn comments i think i'll be patient and keep looking. i've had enough of dealing with people trying to jerk me around with my money at truckmovers.

 

Sounds like MsRottn is a broker, not a company driver, or even an an O/O leased to URS. Company drivers don't pay for their damages EVER, and I've never been charged for a damage I didn't do. In fact, I've not been charged for a few that I DID do. I'm an O/O. URS is far from perfect, but I wouldn't let MsRottn's experience keep you away.

 

I had one charged damage for all of 2012 that was MY fault for not catching the damage before I hauled the vehicle. If you have a signed bill that was clean at time of delivery then you are good. If units are dropped STI then you are at the mercy of the dealer etc. No matter who you go to work for hauling cars there is always a chance of damage some of which are out of your control (stone chips etc)

 

I was wondering, I I'm hired on I would be out of West Point, ga, when they say you are out 10 days, does that mean out bouncing around for 10-14 days or are you running loads out of West Point, delivering them, and loading back that way? Thanks any info would help!

 

Well all depends on what yards have what going on how busy they are etc. There really isn't a real set pattern unless you are working out of a yard that has local freight. West point is not one of those yards though. The freight out of there is 500+ mile loads. They do try to load drivers back towards the yard they are dispatched out of when they can though unless freight is slim in that yard.

 

Thanks, my next question would be what are the odds of getting a sleeper truck, I know in my travels I see mostly day cabs, but a few sleeper trucks in the mix aswell. I was also wondering how do they treat their drivers? And how long does it usually take to get in the swing of the loading process, and after you do on average how much a week will you make? Thanks so much!

 

Odds of getting a sleeper truck are slim to none on the east coast. The West division has sleepers but the east division using mostly all day cabs except for a few sleeper trucks that are floating around. They treat the drivers pretty fair in my opinion but if you talk to others they may disagree. I'm guessing you haven't hauled cars? I can't really answer that since I forgot how long it took. I have been doing this for 10+ years. The money per week would depend alot on you. I can't honestly answer what you could make a week. I know some of the company drivers make 80-90k a year but some or higher and some lower. Depends on your working habits and how much home time you try to take. I'm a O/O with URS so I tried to answer the best I could.